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Lionel Messi Wins FIFA's Player of the Year Award Despite Poor World Cup

It's hard to argue with anyone who claims that Lionel Messi is the best soccer player in the world. But was he the player of the year? For the first time since it was introduced in 1991, the FIFA player of the year award has gone to someone who did not lift the World Cup the preceding summer. Fifty-eight goals in 54 club...

Ronaldinho to Spurn Galaxy, on Verge of Return to Brazil

The long-running rumors connecting Ronaldinho with the Los Angeles Galaxy apparently are a signature or two away from finally being silenced. The Brazilian icon and 2010 World Cup snub reportedly has agreed to terms with Grêmio, the club from his home town of Porto Alegre with which he began his career a dozen years...

Video: Barcelona Destroys Real Madrid, 5-0

There was only one team on the field as the world's two best club sides faced off Monday evening in Barcelona. The hosts, playing the peerless attacking soccer that led them to an unprecedented six titles in 2009 and inspired Spain to this summer's World Cup championship, destroyed arch rival Real Madrid, 5-0, in what...

Passengers Stage Sit-In After Plane Is Diverted

(Nov. 17) -- Passengers staged a four-hour sit-in on a Ryanair plane after their flight to France was diverted to Belgium. More than 100 passengers were on board the plane, which was supposed to land in Beauvais, near Paris, Tuesday after taking off from Fez, Morocco, The Daily Mail reported. The flight, which departed...

Author's Obsession With European Guys Goes Viral

(Oct. 25) -- Writing instructors commonly encourage students to write about what they know. For Katherine Chloe Cahoon, that meant writing about how to pick up the European guys she met while studying abroad during her summers off from Vanderbilt University. "I spent every single summer in Europe from the time I was 17...

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05/26/12 Why Crisis in Spain This Week Should Have Us More... Source: Forbes Local debt is the big untold story of the Euro crisis and, if that was not apparent before, it became glaringly so when Catalonia's President this week told the world his autonomous Catalan Government would struggle to meet its bills at the end of this month.
05/25/12 Barcelona: 5 things that are always free Source: Eurocheapo I wish this list was easier to compile, but Barcelona is not the "land of the free."
05/24/12 Barcelona FC: Pep Guardiola bitter over flop Source: Ottawa Citizen - Ottawa - ON - Canada Such a statement comes to mind when one hears that Pep Guardiola is still tormented over his Champions League loss to Chelsea.
05/24/12 Copa Del Rey Final: Barcelona & Bilbao Build from... Source: Bleacher Report A number of clubs in Spain employ a cantera policy.
05/24/12 Rossi And Hayden Complete Test Source: Cycle News Online Marlboro Ducati's Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden completed their two-day test at Mugello in Italy today, the pair turning some 76 and 81 laps, respectively, and leaving the facility happy with the changes made to the Desmosedici.

Background on Barcelona

Barcelona (, , ) is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, after Madrid, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of .

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